I am a modern Oracle and Sibyl. I do not live in a temple complex or underground cavern, instead I have a Coven and I teach and work within the confines of my historic 18th century home in a little village in Maine. Do I predict profound prophecies or have vivid visons, or writhe in a euphoric spellbound state? Well, not exactly. Within the broad definitions of a clairvoyant, I am considered claircognizant, which means I have “a knowing”. I am very good at predicting dates and affairs of the heart.
I truly believe everyone is born with the same instinctual abilities. What troubles most is “fear of the unknown” or “what we cannot explain”. Trusting and letting go, allowing yourself to channel information is not easy.
Beyond the simple psychic sciences, I am also a trance psychic or medium. Yes, I can tap into the other side. In this state I am often veiled to completely block out the physical so that I can concentrate totally on the spiritual messages from beyond. (Like the Pythia Priestesses of Delphi, Greece and the Vestal Virgins of Rome).
As a Sacred Dancer I join the spirits of my ancestral sister Priestesses in mesmerizing dance movements during processional ceremonies. I am sometimes transported into their realms where I can feel their breath on my cheek and their graceful steps in time to mine.
The Ancient Temple Priestesses of Antiquity held many mysterious talents and they were so sought after that everyone from royalty to the common pilgrim came to them for oracular messages. To those of the ancient world the Oracles and Sibyls were never wrong. Our ancestors believed that these special women held a power to channel both Divinity and the ancestral dead. Their messages were never doubted. These ancient Priestesses lived a cloistered life, I do not. I am just like everyone else in the sense that I shop in stores, love to cook and entertain, clean my house and take care of three spoiled Manx cats and my loving husband. I just happen to have a unique talent and a slightly different spiritualty. I am a Witch and though one would think all Witches are either Psychics, Oracles or Sibyls, you would be very wrong. And not all Psychics are Witches either. The inner spiritual skill that many of us possess is very separate from being identified as a Witch. I consider myself blessed to have the multifaceted skills of a “seer” and the spirituality of a Witch.
The Temple Priestesses of Antiquity is a story of the women, dear to my heart, who traveled a similar road, some well-known and others forgotten to the centuries. These Priestesses lived in such different times, but one common thread was and is a devotion to our chosen Goddess. My ancestral Priestess sisters called to me again and again and thus this book is a testament to their stories and their lasting effect on the societies in which they lived.
Blessings,
Lady Haight-Ashton
Priestess of the Goddesses Lilith, Selket, Hecate and Isis